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It does not spread sexually. Do not worry. She don't need to be vaccinated. Please complete your schedule. Thank you.
Asked for male, 22 years old from Kozhikode
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General Physician•Srinagar
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Firstly you only need 3 doses, no need for 4 dose.
No need to go for vaccination again. Just wash the area properly. And if you haven't done inj tetanus toxoid during 1st scratch than do it.
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Asked for male, 25 years old from Delhi
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General Physician•Ernakulam
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You have to take full doses of vaccines; don't scrub or massage the area of bite ---when you are taking bath or applying shampoo or oil.---this may help any virus in the tissue locally to get into local nerve endings and pass to brain ------- hope you had taken antirabies serum ,if it was indicated as per the doctor who treated you.
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Asked for male, 20 years old from Patna
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General Physician•Ernakulam
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As per the information available-you have no chance of developing rabies out of the scratch of 4 years ago.Still if you are growing dogs;cats-it is always better to have regular preventive pre exposure vaccination against rabies-thank you for this important question
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Asked for male, 28 years old from Vijayawada
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General Physician•Ernakulam
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You have not mentioned about -whether you have taken anti rabies immunization after gog bite.------- if not -(though you are little late)-please start it under a doctor's supervision at the earliest. Burning sensation & pain at site of bite after some days -are reported in some cases of animal bite. Rabies is practically a disease with 100 % mortality --hence --dog is still alive--is not a reason for avoiding immunization.
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Asked for male, 26 years old from Indore
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General Physician•Gurgaon
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A person usually shows symptoms of rabies (if contracted) within 3 months post exposure. And in rare cases usually a person shows symptoms even after a year. But in your case your sister is lucky as 2 years have passes and she is not showing any symptoms. No need to worry.
Asked for female, 33 years old from Bellary
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General Physician•Delhi
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I am sorry to hear about your concern but will be happy to assist you.
The longevity of rabies vaccine ranges between 3 to 10 years depending on the booster dose that is given. For example, to prevent rabies, rabies vaccinations are given three times, on the day of the first injection and on day 7 and day 21 after the first injection.
Let's connect over a call so that we can discuss your concern in details and make a suitable treatment plan for you.
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